I have Parkers and Dukes in my family from the Georgia and Carolina areas. Some from North Georgia, and the Parkers are from Thomasville, Georgia. They are Lower Creek, and some of the other Parkers and Dukes are possibly Cherokee or Chickasaw (one of the Parkers from Northwestern Georgia). I have been unable to confirm that so far, though. The Parkers from Thomasville are supposed to be Creek, but they have been recorded as Cherokee sometimes also for some reason. It seems to be hard to find information concerning tribal affiliation in old Georgia records. I'm not sure if that helps, but you should also check the Dawes and Guion Miller rolls, however they do not always have the correct names there and sometimes they're just inaccurate due to many reasons. You can find those rolls on a search engine, they're available free on some sites. Anyway, I hope this helps. -Mandi Parker. Raven Burch wrote: > Hi I am trying to find out about a few of my ancestors. They are > believed to be Creek but was > always told they were Cherokee. My surnames are Parker, Duke Finley, > Holts and Lewis on this > paticular side of my family. Any help would be appreciated. The family > started out in NC Virginia, and ended up in Ala. Georgia, and Tn. > Thanks for any help in Advance. > B Burch > > > ==== CREEK-SOUTHEAST Mailing List ==== > Visit Creek Indian History: > http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/creek/creekhist.htm > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > >

Alot of BRADYs out of East Tennessee (Greene, Cocke counties) prior to 1850 in many cases were listed as mulatto. Where did these mulatto folks come from? If they are listed as mulatto or free person of color then older people (their parents, grandparents) should be out there somewhere if still alive, right? My BRADY line "might" have been slaves of the Cherokee or maybe the Creek or may have been mixed-blood. I don't know. Technically, it could have been any tribe in the area because people of color seemed to migrate rather well which is frustrating for the family genealogist. I know there were VANNs who owned slaves who went by the name of BRADY as well as a Samuel Riley BRADY, a Cherokee land owner who owned slaves and possibly used the name of BRADY. It was more common for a slave to be assimilated into a clan or tribe than into the "white" community so my BRADYs could be mixed Cherokee/Creek and slave. Maybe one day I'll find out. I'd love to add a few more colors to my family rainbow! Lynn in IL Visit my website!!!! http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~famtrees/ "I am the sum of all my parts"- Unknown ----- Original Message ----- From: "niksa" <niksa@wheel-of-time.com> To: <CREEK-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 3:05 PM Subject: Re: [CREEK-SOUTHEAST] Help Please >I have Parkers and Dukes in my family from the Georgia and Carolina areas. >Some from North Georgia, and the Parkers are from Thomasville, Georgia. >They are Lower Creek, and some of the other Parkers and Dukes are possibly >Cherokee or Chickasaw (one of the Parkers from Northwestern Georgia). I >have been unable to confirm that so far, though. The Parkers from >Thomasville are supposed to be Creek, but they have been recorded as >Cherokee sometimes also for some reason. It seems to be hard to find >information concerning tribal affiliation in old Georgia records. I'm not >sure if that helps, but you should also check the Dawes and Guion Miller >rolls, however they do not always have the correct names there and >sometimes they're just inaccurate due to many reasons. You can find those >rolls on a search engine, they're available free on some sites. Anyway, I >hope this helps. > -Mandi Parker........ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.2 - Release Date: 1/28/2005